Non-refillable bottle.



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nu. E S S E N W W Patented .April 19, 1904.

UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS M. woon, OE STAMEOED, CONNECTICUT.

NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,707, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed August l0, 1903. I

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford, V

county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful NonRetillable Botfy or closing positiongand Fig. 2 is asimilar` view, the bottle being in the pouring position.

My novel stopping device comprises four essential parts as follows, to wit: a ball-seat, which I have indicated by 10, a ball, (indicate-d by 11,) an inner(tube indicated by 12,)and an outer tube (indicated by 13,) said tubes being in practice Ot suitable relative diameter to leave an ample pouring-space between them, which I have indicated by 30.

14 denotes a bottle having the usual neck 15 and flange 16.

So far as my novel stopping device is concerned the bottle may be of any Ordinary or special design. The stopping devices may be made OI' standard sizes and will tit bottles of standard sizes or may be made specially to tit any desired size and style of bottle. The inner and Outer tubes are made of metal, and the ball-seat is likewise a tubular piece of metal having an opening 17 through it'of less diameter than the seat proper, and at its upper er d a flange 18, which is adapted to rest upon the top of the neck ot' the bottle. rEhe outer edge of the liange is shown as screwthreaded, as at 19, the body of the seat litting closely within the neck of the bottle, as shown. The hall may be made of any suitable material, and the seat is made concave to correspond with the convexity of the surface of the ball. rIhe inner tube is provided with a closed top, as at 20, an upper series ofv slots, (indicated Serial No. 168,954. (No model.)

'series of slots, and at its lower end with an angle-ange 24, which is threaded internally -and externally, the internal thread engaging thread 19 on the flange of the seat and the external thread engaging an internal thread onthe Outer tube, as at 25. The outer tube is provided at its upper end with a iiange 26, which may or may not be threaded and which is adapted to be engaged by the flange of an ordinary cork-lined closing-cap, which I have indicated by 27. This closing-cap may form the seal of the bottle in transportation and before opening. To open the bottle, the operator removes the closing-cap 1n the ordinary Inanner.

In applying my novel stopping device to a p bottle the bottle is tilled, then the seat is inserted into the neck of a bottle, the ball being in place therein, then the inner tube is screwed down to place, the internal thread of the angle-iange engaging the external thread On the Iiange of the seat, then the Outer tube, either with or without a closing-cap, is screwed down to place, the internal thread of the outer ftube engaging the external thread upon the angle-flange of the inner tube, after which the operation is completed by closing the lower end of the outer tube under the ordinary flange on the neck of the bottle, as at 28.

The operation is as follows: Having removed the closing-cap, to pour the lbottle is tilted in the usual manner. As soon as it has beenl tilted suiiciently to place the Outer end of the outer tube slightly lower than the in-y ner end thereof the ball will leave its seat and slots and the cross-pin being so located relatively to each other that the mid-height of the ball will just lie at the ends of the slots and IOO completely close the socket, as in Fig. 2. As soon as the bottle is returned to its normal position the ball will drop down upon the seat and form a perfect closure, as in Fig. l. Should an attempt be made to fill an empty bottle by holding it horizontally or immersing it in a tank of liquid, the liquid would pass into vthe inner tube at the slots 21, which I have called the upper slots. that being' their normal position, and would carry the ball down to its scat, thus effectually preventing thepassage of liquid into the bottle. The closed outer end'of the inner tubo eifectually prevents at all times any tampering' with the ball by means of a wire or tool of any kind.

Having thus described my invention, I 'claiml. A bottle-stopping device comprising' an outer tube adapted for attachment to a bottle, a slotted inner tube secured to the outer tube, a ball-seat adapted to engage the bottle-neck and be attached to the inner tube and a ball adapted to travel along the inner tube and to engage the seat to close the bottle.

2. A bottle-stopping' device comprising an outer tube for attachment to a bottle, a slotted inner tube closed at its outer end, a ball-seat vadapted to eng'age the bottle-neck and a ball adapted to move outward in the inner tube in pouring and to engage the seat when the bottle is not tilted.

3. A bottle-stopping device comprising' an outer tube adapted for attachment to a bottle, an inner tube having upper and lower series of slots and a cross-pin between said series of slots, a ball-seat adapted to engage the bottleneck and a ball adapted to move outward in the inner tube when the bottle is tilted until stopped by the pin and to engage the seat when the bottle is in its normal position.

4. A bottle-stopping device comprising an outer tube adapted for attachment to a bottle, an inner tube having upper and lower series of slots, a cross-pin below the upper series of slots and a ball-socket between the pin and the lower series of slots, a ball-seat adapted to engage the bottle-neck and a ball adapted to move into the socket andV prevent passage of liquid into the inner tube in the tilted position and to engage the seat when the bottle is in its normal position, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

5. bottle-stopping' device comprising' an outer tube and an inner tube with a pouringspace between them, said inner-tube having' slots to permit passage of liquid from the inner tube into the outer tube in pouring and other slots to permit passage of liquid from the outer tube into the inner tube when refilling' is attempted, a ball-seatand aballadapted to pass into the inner tube in pouring and to normally engage the seat to close the bottle and prevent the entrance 0f liquid.

6. A bottle-stopping' device comprising an outer tube and an inner tube with a pouringspace between them, said inner tube being closed at its outer end for the purpose set forth, and having upper and lower series of slots and a cross-pin, for the purpose set forth, a ball-seat and a ball adapted to pass into the inner tube in pouring and to normally engage the seat.

7. A bottle-stopping device comprising an.

externally threaded to engage the Hange on the inner tube and a ball adapted to pass into the inner tube in pouring and to engage the seat to close the bottle.

8. The combination with the flange -of a bottle-neck, of an outer tube secured thereto by closing the lower end of the tube under the ange, a slotted inner tube closed at its outer end and secured to the outer tube with a pouring-space between them, a ball-seat engaging' the neck of the bottle and secured to the inner tube and a ball adapted to pass into the inner tube in pouring and to normally engage the seat.

. 9. The combination with the fiange of a bottle-neck, of an outer tube secured thereto by closing the lower end of the tube under the flange, an inner tube which is closed at its outer end, is secured-to the outer tube and is provided with upper and lower series of slots and a cross-pin below the slots of the upper series leavinga socket between said cross-pin and the slots of the lower series', a ball-seat engaging the neck of the bottle and secured to the inner tube and a ball normally engaging the seat to close the bottle and adapted to pass into the socket to permit passage of liquid into the outer tubein pouring and to prevent its passage into the inner tube, the slots of the upper series permitting passage of liquid from thel outer tube into the inner tube above the ball to seat the latter when refilling is attempted.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' THOMAS M. VOOD.

Vitnesses:

' FRED. A. J. THOMAS,

fi f liioMAs V\ ATLRBURY.

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